Bowl
Date: 13th century
Dimensions:
H: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 cm); Rim Diam: 8 5/8 in. (21.8 cm).
Medium: Glazed earthenware with enamel decoration.
Place of Origin: Rayy, Persia
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1941.20
DescriptionA thinly potted bowl with a gently flaring foot. Decorated in haft rang, seven-color polychrome technique. Decorated on the interior with a mounted bowman slaying a dragon. The archer's brown steed floats amid floral arabesques in low relief with traces of gold. Around the interior of the rim, a Kufic inscription in gold on a dark blue band. The exterior is covered by interlocking lozenges drawn in light blue.
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